El Paso vs Metamora

A side-by-side comparison of El Paso and Metamora: population, income, housing, and more.

El Paso and Metamora are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Metamora has the higher population (4,094 vs 2,871 in El Paso). Metamora has the higher median household income ($99,091 vs $70,063 in El Paso). Metamora has the higher median home value ($209,800 vs $149,200 in El Paso).

Population, income & housing

	El Paso	Metamora
Population	2,871	4,094
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,063	$99,091
Median home value	$149,200	$209,800
Median gross rent	$892	$880
Housing units	1,065	1,604
Homeownership rate	78.3%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	54.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Paso	Metamora
Population	2,809 → 2,871 (+2.2%)	3,773 → 4,094 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$58,688 → $70,063 (+19.4%)	$63,710 → $99,091 (+55.5%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $149,200 (+21.6%)	$171,300 → $209,800 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $892 (+16.9%)	$918 → $880 (-4.1%)

El Paso

Population

2,8092,871

Median household income

$58,688$70,063

Median home value

$122,700$149,200

Median gross rent

$763$892

Metamora

Population

3,7734,094

Median household income

$63,710$99,091

Median home value

$171,300$209,800

Median gross rent

$918$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Paso	Metamora
Under 5	3.0%	9.5%
5 to 17	22.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	12.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.4%
75 and over	6.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Paso	Metamora
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Paso	Metamora
No high school diploma	8.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	31.8%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Paso	Metamora
Drove alone	73.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	11.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	9.1%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Paso	Metamora
1-unit, detached	78.4%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	El Paso	Metamora
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1950	1989